Planets/Mythology

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology (9)
  2. 7. The second nearest planet to the sun (5)
  3. 9. A giant planet with a ring of ice particles (7)
  4. 11. The god of the underworld in ancient mythology (5)
  5. 12. A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles (6)
  6. 14. The month following February and preceding April (plural) (4)

Down

  1. 1. The largest planet and the 5th from the sun (7)
  2. 2. The god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology (8)
  3. 3. The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun (7)
  4. 5. A large asteroid that was once thought to be the farthest known planet from the sun (5)
  5. 6. The supreme god of ancient Greek mythology (4)
  6. 8. Messenger and herald of the gods (6)
  7. 10. A giant planet with a ring of ice particles (6)
  8. 13. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters (plural) (4)